by: Contact Archeology Inc. (CAI) February 2024 Gulf of Mexico, Pensacola Bay Research Area Introduction Contact Archeology Inc. (CAI) presents this article regarding our research on Bayou Chico as an introduction to our historical and archeological research in the bayou area. The article is meant to acquaint the reader with the location of the bayou, the…
Perhaps the world renowned scientist Carl Sagan said it best concerning the scientific method:
“Remarkable Claims Require Remarkable Proof.”
The University of West Florida (UWF) made a “Remarkable Claim” in December of 2015 when they publicly announced that they had definitely found the 1559 Spanish Colony lead by Tristan de Luna
CAI is a federally recognized 501-C-3 group of researchers comprised of professional people bent on approaching the mysteries of history without the restraints of political organizations.
One of our research projects involves very early European contacts with Native groups in North
The East Pensacola Heights site (8Es1) on Pensacola Bay was reported as a Native village with two burial mounds by the Smithsonian Institution in 1882 and revisited in1947. The University of West Florida (UWF) stated that the 1559 Spanish Colony led by Tristan de Luna was located at the same site. UWF began excavations there in 2015.
Among the ranks in an army, many crimes are to be expected as soldiers are but human. Certain indiscretions or crimes would afford different punishments; but the one crime—that of desertion—was considered one of the most heinous crimes a soldier could commit, especially on an important expedition for the Crown. The punishment for desertion was death and was generally carried out very quickly. It kept discipline within an army.
In 2015 the University of West Florida (UWF) declared that they had discovered the site of the 1559 Luna Colony on Pensacola Bay. This proclamation was publicly extolled after only weeks of pedestrian surveys and shovel testing of a previously known archeological site located in East Pensacola Heights. The site was first reported in 1883 by the Smithsonian Institution as a Native village with two burial mounds.
The Alleged 1559 Luna Colony Site: The 2021 UWF Field Season by Caleb Curren, CAI September 2021 Article A Sample of Related Documents Download PDF Version Terrestrial Site The University of West Florida (UWF) has completed its 2021 field season at their alleged 1559 Spanish colony site in Pensacola, Florida. Unfortunately, once again, UWF has…
The 1559 Luna Anchorage? A Search off Bayou Chico in Pensacola Bay, Florida by: Caleb Curren Contact Archeology Inc. (CAI) August, 2021 Article Download PDF Version Wesley Odom, a Pensacola historian, was instrumental in arranging for the U.S. Navy to conduct a training exercise using remote sensing in portions of the lower reaches of Pensacola…
The Native Burial Mounds on Emanuel Point, Florida: The Alleged Location of the 1559 Don Tristan de Luna Settlement by Caleb Curren, CAI July, 2021 Article Related Research Works Download PDF Version For thousands of years Native cultures of the eastern portion of the current United States buried their dead in earthen mounds. When the…
Fact, Fiction, or Fraud? The University of West Florida and the “Irrefutable” 1559 Luna Settlement Site by David B. Dodson May 10, 2021 Article Download PDF Version The University of West Florida (UWF) claimed emphatically in 2015 that with the discovery of a handful of surface artifacts—not found in situ—that they had irrefutably found the…